Universal #1017
Legacy number: 1017
| Number | 1013 |
| Original | A compact nasal consonant implies the the presence of two diffuse consonants, one acute and the other grave. |
| Standardized | IF there is a compact nasal consonant, THEN there are two diffuse consonants, one acute and the other grave. |
| Keywords | consonant, nasal, compact, diffuse, acute, grave |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Jakobson 1963: 265, cited in Uspensky 1965: 193 |
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